Treatment with low-dose aspirin was found to reduce the amount of brain amyloid aggregates that researchers believe are a hallmark…
Alice Melão
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Articles by Alice Melão
A tailored lighting intervention in nursing homes can improve sleep, mood, and behavior in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according…
Long-term use of BIIB037 (aducanumab) can prevent progression of Alzheimer’s in patients at early stages of the disease, according to…
Betanin, the compound that gives beets their distinctive red color, can help slow the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the…
Cognition Therapeutics’ lead investigative therapy Elayta (CT1812) shows promise in improving the activity of brain cells in patients with…
AbbVie and Voyager Therapeutics are teaming up to develop antibody-based gene therapies for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disorders. The…
New York researchers report that daily consumption of food with high levels of salt reduces blood flow to the brain and…
Increased amounts of beta-amyloid proteins often lead to worse anxiety symptoms in cognitive healthy, older individuals, according to a study…
Researchers Develop Tool to Detect Alzheimer’s Biomarkers in Several Body Fluids Simultaneously
Hong Kong Baptist University researchers have developed a tool for spotting biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease that can detect them in…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have found that Alzheimer’s disease causes microglia — the immune cells that normally protect brain…